{"id":"lead-premortem-facilitator-script-timed","audience":"product-managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"format","title":"Write a timed facilitator script for a 30-minute pre-mortem","free":false,"task":"Write a facilitator script for a 30-minute pre-mortem for the March 12 launch, in plain text with five timed steps, one per line: HH:MM-HH:MM Step - what you say. Start at 15:00. Each line has a short quoted sentence you say aloud, in double quotes, under 20 words. Steps must be in this order: frame, silent writing, share, vote, assign owners. Total exactly 30 minutes.","materialLabel":"Facilitation notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Pre-mortem for the March 12 launch of the mobile checkout.\n\nGroup: 9 people (engineering 4, design 1, support 2, sales 1, me). 3 are remote on video.\nFraming question: \"It's March 20 and the launch failed. What went wrong?\"\nSilent writing: 5 minutes, one risk per sticky note; remote people use the shared board link.\nVoting: each person gets 3 dot votes.\nOwners: the top 3 risks only; each gets an owner and a date before we leave.\nRule: no solutions during the sharing step; park them.\nLast pre-mortem, 2 people dominated. I want a round-robin share.\nRoom: Maple, 15:00-15:30 booked.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":150},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Wrong order","why":"The AI votes before sharing.","fix":"Say: \"Order: frame, silent writing, share, vote, assign owners.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No spoken lines","why":"The AI describes steps without quotes.","fix":"Say: \"Include a short quoted sentence to say aloud.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing constraints","why":"The AI forgets round-robin and 3 votes.","fix":"Say: \"Use the notes: round-robin, no solutions, 3 votes, top 3 owners.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses a table.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text lines.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 28 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Format","patterns":["hh:mm-hh:mm","quoted","double quotes"]},{"label":"Order","patterns":["frame","silent writing","share","vote"]},{"label":"Constraints","patterns":["round-robin","3 (dot )?votes"]},{"label":"Times","patterns":["30 minutes","15:00"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Give the line format, the step order and the facts to include.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly five timed lines in the order frame, silent writing, share, vote, assign owners, starting at 15:00 and ending at 15:30 with no gaps","Each line includes a spoken sentence in double quotes, and the frame line uses the question about March 20 and the failed launch","Silent writing is 5 minutes using the shared board, share is round-robin with no solutions, vote gives 3 dot votes, and owners are for the top 3 risks only"]}